Portal:Cornwall
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Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is the county at the extreme south-west of England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. In the 20th century there has been a revival of the Cornish language and as one of the six Celtic nations there has been some debate over the constitutional status of Cornwall. The administrative centre and only city is Truro.
Including the Isles of Scilly, located 28 miles (45 km) offshore, Cornwall covers an area of 1,376 square miles (3,563 km²). There is a population of 513,527 with a population density of 144 people per square kilometre, or 373 per square mile. Tourism forms a significant part of the local economy. However, it is the poorest area in the United Kingdom with the lowest contribution to the national economy. Cornwall is the only area in southern Britain to qualify for Objective One funding.
The 'Obby 'Oss festival is an internationally famous festival held in Padstow, Cornwall, UK. Held annually on 1 May, its origins are unclear, but most likely stems from an ancient fertility rite.
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Lamorna is a small village in the south of Penwith. The stone for the old London Bridge was quarried here.
- The church of St Buryan in Penwith is reputed to have the heaviest peal of 6 bells anywhere in the world?
- The worlds largest Cornish festival, the Kernewek Lowender is held in the towns of Kadina, Moonta & Wallaroo in South Australia, where many descendants of Cornish emigration now live.
- Cornish pipes are a form of bagpipe once common in Cornwall whose design includes two long chanters which are played independently?
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- The RNLI in Cornwall is launches a new campaign to stop tombstoning [4]
- The jobs of three quarters of staff at the Goonhilly satellite communications station, the largest in the world, are under threat as BT announces plans to scale down the site and move operations to Madley, in Herefordshire. [5]
- Mebyon Kernow has condemned the decision to build a multi-million pound incinerator in Mid Cornwall to deal with Cornwall’s domestic waste recently agreed by the Liberal Democrat-controlled Cornwall County Council[6].
Mark of Cornwall (Latin Marcus, Cornish Margh, Welsh March) was a king of Kernow (Cornwall) in the early 6th century. He is most famous for his appearance in Arthurian legend as the uncle of Tristan and husband of Iseult, who engage in a secret affair behind his back.
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